This was announced by the Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Bolat Akchulakov.

“We plan to deliver the first batch of 20,000 tons of oil in the first half of February,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Akchulakov said that the Russian side supported the transit of Kazakh oil through the Druzhba pipeline to Germany.

Transneft announced its readiness to start transiting 20,000 tons of Kazakh oil to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline in February.